Shingling-bracket.



B. F. CARR. SHINGLING BRACKET. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 31, 1910.

Patented July 19. 1910.

UNITED STATE PATENT @FFTQE BENJAMIN F. CARR, OF JACKSONVILLE, TEXAS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July til 19W.

a Application filed March 31, 1910. Serial-No. 552,650.

to be embedded in the shingles of a root and a top plate pivotally connected with the base plate and having a serrated edge to bear on the upper surface of adjacent shingles, whereby thepressure exerted by a scaffold beam on the device will have a tendency to force the teeth into closer e11- gagement with the shingles, whereby slip.- ping will be positively prevented.

A further object is a provision of a shingling bracket provided with a, stirrup to receivethe scaffold beam, said stirrup being swiveled to the bracket so that it inay be readily turned into and out of engagement with the beam.

lVith these and other objects in View, which will more fully hereinafter appear, the present invention consists in certain novel details of construction and arrange-- ment of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and more particularly pointed out in the appended claim; itbeing understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor. details of the device may be made, within the scope of the appended claim, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the speciticatitm; Figure l is a perspective view of the bracket showing it applied to the ,shingles ot' a root. Fig. 2'

is a side view of the bracket showing a portion of a root in section and the bracket ap plied thereto. Fig. i) is a detail perspective of the bracket. Similar numerals of reference are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout;

What will subsequently be termed a base plate. is designated by the numeral 5. This inen'iber is preferably formed ol a single shingl es.

piece of sheet metal, oblong in contour and substantially rectangular in cross section. The length of the bracket will be suiiicient to extend transverse two or more adjacent shingles, as shown in Fig. 1.

By reference now to the drawings, it will be seen that one of the longitudinal side portions of the base plate is down-turned and serrated as shown at (3, the serrations or teeth having sharpened edges toembed in the shingles. The opposite longitudinal side of theibase plate is beveled, as shown at; 7, whereby a relatively thin edge is presented to enable the base plate to be readily in-- serted between the shingles ot a roof as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

Rising from theupper face of the base plate 5 is a right angularshaped bracket or standard designated by the ninneral 8. One side of this bracket or standard is fixedly secured to the base plate and extends transverse the same, while the opposite side extends vertically upward from a point adjacent to the serrations (3. I

What will subsequently be termed a top plate is designated by the nun'ieral t). This member is preferably formed of a single piece of-shect metal, oblong 1n contour and rectangular in cross section and correspond ing in length approxin'lat-ely to the length of the base plate 5.

'Formed on what will subsequently be termed the rear face of the top plate 9, is a channeled rib 10, this member extending transverse the top plate and receiving at its lower, portion. the vertical side of the bracket or standard 8, the said lower side portion having an opening to aline with a similar opening in the bracket or standard for the. reception ot a pivot pin 11. liy virtue of the disposition ot the bracket or standard and also of the rib the top plate. will be ar ranged perpendicular to the base plate and its lower longitudinal side or that adjacent to the base plate is provided with. a plurality of serrations 12 to be embedded in the root l'Vilh this construction it will be manifest. when the top plate is moved over the upper face of the. base plate an opening will be presented suliicicntly wide to receive the free end port ions of the shingles. \Vhen the'top plate, however, is moved in the opposite direction the serrations l2 thereol will be forced into. engagement with. the upper tacos of adjacent shingles, while the serrations t of the base plate will be embedded into the upper surfaces of the shingles upon which the top plate bears.

The thickness ot the horizontal portion of the bracket or standard is such that upon inserting the base plate between the opposed l'aces ol? the shingles the bracket; may be readily inserted into thespaee which usually exists between the adjacent sides of two shingles, and when so POSIlHHlCtl and a scaftold beam, as shown at 13, bears on the rib it) it will be evident thatthe pressure exerted on the top plate by the scatl'old' beam and the weight of the operator will force the serrations of the said top plate into engage meat with the shingles, and this do\\"n\\'ard 'pressure of the top plate \\'lll likewise fort-e the serrations of the base plate into engagementwith the shingles upon. which they bear.'

The stirrup is shown to comprise a shank portion ll, one end of which is swivel'ed in alining openings formed in the upper end,

From the foregoing, it is evident that I have provided a devlee which is comparatively simple in structureeand inexpensive in manufacture, embodying few parts and these so arranged that; the danger of deraugement will be reduced to a minimum.

A shingling bracket comprisingan oblong base plate having one of its longitudinal side portions dmvn-turned and serrated and its opposite longitudinal side beveled,' a standard rising-from the-medial ortion and adjacent. to the serrated edge 0 said base-plate, an oblong top plate arranged perpendicular to the base plate and having on theside ad jaeent to the base plate apl'urality of ser rations, and further provided on one face with a channeled rib the lowerend portion of which is pivoted to the upper-end or tion of the standard, and a stirrup inclu' in a shank one end of which extendsthroug the upper end portion of the channeled rib and swireled in the top plate, the opposite end portion of the shank'tenninatin in a.

'lateral extension spaced from the said rib,

for the purpose described. t

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses. I p BENJAMIN '13. CARR;

W it ues ses I W. J. FANENT,

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